The Most Famous

Soccer Players from Cameroon

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This page contains a list of the greatest Cameroonians Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 142 of which were born in Cameroon. This makes Cameroon the birth place of the 34th most number of Soccer Players behind Paraguay and Ukraine.

Top 10 Cameroonian Soccer Players

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Cameroonians Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Cameroonians Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Cameroonians Soccer Players.

  1. #1
    Photo of Roger Milla

    Roger Milla

    b. 1952

    HPI 72.4655 langs
    Roger Milla is most famous for being a Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker. He is also known for his goal celebration of running...Read moreShow less

    Roger Milla is most famous for being a Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker. He is also known for his goal celebration of running to the corner flag and doing a dance.

  2. #2
    Photo of Samuel Eto'o

    Samuel Eto'o

    b. 1981

    HPI 67.9378 langs
    Samuel Eto'o is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is the most decorated African...Read moreShow less

    Samuel Eto'o is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is the most decorated African player in history, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.

  3. #4
    Photo of André Onana

    André Onana

    b. 1996

    HPI 61.3450 langs

    Cameroonian association football player (born 1996)

  4. #5
    Photo of Patrick M'Boma

    Patrick M'Boma

    b. 1970

    HPI 61.0951 langs

    Cameroonian association football player

  5. #7
    Photo of Geremi

    Geremi

    b. 1978

    HPI 58.7241 langs

    Cameroonian footballer

  6. #9
    Photo of Samuel Umtiti

    Samuel Umtiti

    b. 1993

    HPI 57.8266 langs

    French association football player

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Cameroonians Soccer Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 10 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.

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